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On the recordMarch 2, 2020
If this body were to run a $1 billion surplus, it would require 22,000 years of a $1 billion surplus to address a $22 trillion debt.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins emphasizes the unsustainable nature of the national debt.

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